International Markets
Hong Kong’s prime Kai Tak development plot goes for HK$15.95bn
A consortium of property developers has acquired the most valuable slice of residential development land on Hong Kong's former airport, for significantly less than the adjacent plot
Returns Trip: Global trends in holiday home ownership
"The second home market has changed significantly over the last decade," says Savills. "Once a discretionary purchase primarily for own use, today’s global market is driven by income returns."
Global prime property slowdown ‘gathers pace’
A year ago, Knight Frank declared the start of "the Great Moderation" in the world's prime residential markets; the firm's latest Global Prime Cities Index bears out the prediction...
Europe’s resi real estate investors are ‘bullish’ despite Brexit & regulatory concerns
Paris, Berlin and Frankfurt are the top picks for real estate investment in 2020, reports PWC
How global sporting events can help buyers unearth new property gems
The 2019 Rugby World Cup has been a thrilling advert for Japan - and the country's luxury property market, writes Penny Mosgrove...
Brexit ‘barely relevant’ for most international buyers, says acquisition firm
'For all the political and economic uncertainty we face because of Brexit, the further you get away from the UK, the less significant it becomes', says Black Brick's Caspar Harvard-Walls, as the PCL agency…
Damac chief warns Dubai must freeze resi construction or face oversupply ‘disaster’
Hussain Sajwani has told Bloomberg that property construction in Dubai should be frozen for one or two years to avoid "a disaster" of over-supply
Berlin to impose five-year rent freeze from January
German city confirms a plan to freeze rental values to 2018 levels until 2022
Xi’an & Budapest outperform as global cities see property price growth moderate
The average annual rate of property price inflation across the 150 cities tracked by Knight Frank's Global Cities Index has fallen from 6.7% in 2016 to 3.5% in 2019
Look what a mansion tax has done to New York’s prime property market
Manhattan brokerages report how prices are in 'near free fall' following two recent tax hikes
Mapped: European residential property markets for investors
There's been "an unprecedented surge of capital into residential rental properties across European markets", says Catella
London’s property market moves ‘out of bubble risk territory’ for the first time in four years
Residential properties in Eurozone cities including Munich, Paris and Frankfurt are looking very over-valued, according to the latest UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index - although analysts warn investors…